Street dancers from around the world took part in the Global Street Dance Championships here in Sheffield. The competition wants to bring more dance to the City by raising enough money to provide a free dance space in Sheffield.
Street dancers from around the world took part in the Global Street Dance Championships here in Sheffield. The competition wants to bring more dance to the City by raising enough money to provide a free dance space in Sheffield.
Sheffield Industrial Museum held its 22nd annual Victorian Xmas market at Kelham Island. The Town Crier, Morris Men and a Punch and Judy show entertained those attending, alongside characters from the Victorian era who, added to the atmosphere.
Sheffield City College have started work on a new Technical, Engineering and Design Centre on their Olive Grove site. The project which is called TED is aiming to make Sheffield the place to come to if you want to study any of the three disciplines.
A day full of fun activities including Graffiti Art, Zumba and Tia Chi was held in Lowedges, to combat isolation and to bring different sections of the community together at a time when the nights are drawing in and the cold weather can make it more difficult to get out.
Hantu and Aalfy are two local social organisations that have given unemployed people in the City the chance to learn how to use a laser cutter to make a product and then try to test its viability by selling it in a pop up shop in The Winter Gardens.
Students from China, who are studying at Sheffield University, are being placed on secondment with local businesses to help them break in to the Chinese market.
S2 Foodbank Network has been set up to tackle food poverty in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield. Foodbanks throughout the City, have seen, numbers of people using them going up over recent months.
A Health Hack event bought together Patients, Nurses, Doctors, Designers and Engineers to see how pieces of existing technology such as hoists, sipping straws and walking aids could be improved.
A funday held at Weston Park looked at how literacy has changed and developed over the last 100 years. People who attended the event, got the chance to use a type writer and type their name by using the morse code.
Nick Clegg, MP for Hallam, launched Tech North in Sheffield this week. Over 200,000 people are working in the creative and technical industries in the North. The scheme aims to see this number doubled.